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It’s not like Texas needs more horror right at this moment, what with all the wintry catastrophizing and the Ted Cruzing going on. However, I like to dive into horror when I’m scared and depressed, so now seems as good a time as any to highlight Texas female authors for...
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It’s hard to fathom today, but in the 1960s and '70s, many record companies weren’t run by corporate boards, faceless businessmen, and bean counters. There were charismatic leaders installed in positions of power, real “music men” who could catch a new band or one of their established acts at a...
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In Spanish writer Victor del Árbol's world, little to nothing happens that doesn't carry consequences and in most cases results in a heavy load to bear. Much as he did in A Million Drops which ranged in time from the Spanish Civil War to modern day, del Árbol in his latest book weaves his...
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Deconstructing the Rat Pack: Joey, the Mob, and the Summit By Richard A. Lertzman with Lon Davis 367 pp. $24.98 Prestige Books For a brief time in the early ‘60s, they were the Connoisseurs of Cool and the Sultans of Swinging Swagger, taking Las Vegas by storm with a base...
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The Last Days of John Lennon By James Patterson with Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge 448 pp. $30 Little, Brown and Company December 8 of this year marked the 40th anniversary of the murder of John Lennon, gunned down in the hallway of his New York apartment building at the...
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Can’t Slow Down: How 1984 Became Pop’s Blockbuster Year By Michaelangelo Matos 480 pp. $30 Hachette Books In late 1984, flush from the success of his work on Michael Jackson’s Thriller, super producer Quincy Jones told an interviewer from Radio & Records what he foresaw in music’s future. He envisioned...
